Deal with the Bandits

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This quest is given to you by Eramir in the Forest Encampment after completing Through Sacred Ground. There are three different bandit leaders which you can either side with or kill in order to get different rewards.

• Kraityn: Located in Broken Bridge (entrance located in Old Fields → Crossroads)
• Alira: Located in The Western Forest (entrance located in River Crossings → Dark Forest).
• Oak: Located in Pools and Streams (entrance located in River Crossings → Vaal Ruins Level 1 → Vaal Ruins Level 2. Note that access to the Vaal Ruins requires completion of the The Weaver's Needle and Intruders in Black side quests).
• Kill All Three: If you choose to kill all the bandit leaders, turn-in the 3 Fragments to Eramir in the Forest Encampment who will join them and reward you with 1 passive skill point.

No matter if you've sided with one of the bandit leader or if you've killed them all, completion of this quest will provide you with the quest item The Apex which you will use on the Dark Altar (entrance located in Pools and Streams → Waterfall Caves → Ancient Pyramid Level 1).

Rewards Table

For easy reference. All rewards are permanently applied to your character.

Difficulty	Side with			Kill all
	Kraityn	Alira	Oak
Normal	+8% to all elemental resistances	+40 base Mana	+40 base Life	1 passive skill point
Cruel	+8% Attack Speed	+4% Cast Speed	+18% Physical Damage	1 passive skill point
Merciless	+1 Max Frenzy Charge	+1 Max Power Charge	+1 Max Endurance Charge	1 passive skill point

Important Note: The 18% damage bonus from Oak in Cruel is one of the most effective means to increase Ethereal Knives and Bear Trap damage, and should be strongly considered even for non-weapon based builds.

Patch 1.0.1 added a possibility to change quest reward.

Version History

Version	Changes
1.0.1	Eight new vendor recipes have been added in two groups of four, including ones for changing which bandit quest reward you chose. To change your bandit quest reward, use the book that you receive from the recipe in the appropriate difficulty. If you had Eramir's reward, you will need a skill point available to change away from it.
0.11.0	Cruel bandit quest rewards: changed to 18% Physical Damage for Oak and 8% Attack Speed for Kraityn.
0.9.6	Changed Eramir's bandit quest so that you need to either kill a bandit or help one of the townsfolk before he'll tell you about the quest.
0.9.5h	Made Eramir give Combined Amulets to anyone who has killed all the Bandit Leaders and delivered the amulets. Some characters were stuck in this invalid state.
0.9.4	Fixed a bug where Frost Wall could damage non-hostile bandit leaders.
0.9.3h	Fixed a bug that would enable you to activate the Dark Altar without having a Combined Amulet. This used to prevent people getting bandit quest rewards.
0.9.3	Performed an overhaul of Act Two quests. Added the new bandit quests and quests in the Weaver's Chambers, Church Dungeon and Chamber of Sins.